‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎203] (224/508)

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profit at all. Yet this jew could not tell me^ whether this friend-
ihip and obedience of the Macrunite to the Perfian, was becaufe
the Prince^ who raigned there, was dead and fucceeded by his
younger Brother, who many years ago had fled into Ferfta to
this Sciah, as I have elfewhere mentioned in this Diary ^ or elfe
becaufe the two Brothers ne'r agreed together, and that he
who raigned ftill, either for his own intereft upon account of the
faid pafs of xhzCafilaS) or through fear fince the taking of Or-
or perhaps forced by War or other like Accidents, had
difpofed himfelf to be friendly dnd obedient to the Perfan.
January the twenty fifth. The Jefuits of the Colledge of Saint
Paul, fthis day being the Feaft of their Coll edge J began to
make part of their Solemnities, which were to be made for joy of
the Canonization of their Saints Ignatio and Sciavier 5 the Ce
lebration of which was deferred till now, that more time might
be allotted for preparation., They came forth with a Cavalcade
of all their Collegians divided into three Squadrons under three
Banners, one of which reprefented the Aftatickt, one the Africans^ ^
and another the Europ<eans' 0 thofe of each Squadron being clothed ^
after the manner of their refpeftive Countries. Before the Ca- 1
valcade, went a Chariot of Clouds with on the top, whp
founding her Trumpet with the adjunction of Mufick, publilhed
the News of the laid Canonization. Two other Chariots ac-
company'd the Cavalcade, the hindermoft of which reprefented
Faith or the Church $ the other in the middle was a Mount Par-
najfus, with Afollo and the Mufes reprefenting the Sciences pro-
felfed in the faid Colledge ^ both which Chariots, were alfo full
of very good Mufick and many people. Moreover, they re-
mov'd from place to place amongft the Cavalcade five great Py
ramids upon wheels, drawn by Men on foot, well cloth'd after
the Indian fafhion. Upon the firft were painted all the Martyrs
of the Order of Jefuits 5 upon another, all the Doftors and
Writers of Books ^ upon another, figures of Men of all fuch
Nations in their proper habits, where the faid Otder hath foun
dations, to reprefent the Languages in which the Fathers of it
preach : Another had abundance of Devifes relating to all the
Provinces of the faid Religion 5 and laftly, another had all the
Miracles both of Sanf Ignatio, and San Francefco Sciavter. All of
thefe Pyramids had Epitaphs, Statues, and other Ornaments
both at the pedeftal and at the top > fo that pafling in this man
ner through the principal ftreets of the City, they planted and
left the faid Pyramids in feveral places^ one before theSeetjr
Archiepifcopal Church 5 one before the profefs'd Houfe oi Giesti$
one before the Church of San Paolo, where at firft they kept the
Colledge^ but by reafon of thebadrlefsof the Air, remov d it
from thence, yet the Church remaining to them, which was
fometimes much frequented and magnificent, but at this day
is but meanly provided for 5 fo that they are ftill in conteft with
the City about it,who unwillingly confent to this changing of the
Colledge. Dd 2 The
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